yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Here is bootloader from N900BOB2_India from samsung service center.

Download attached file

Extract it. You will get folder that will have bootloader file BL_N900*.tar.md5

Select that file for Bootloader/PDA/AP tab in Odin and flash.

PS : To flash bootloader you must follow this.

Switch off device

Press three button combo Vol down+Home+power to enter to download mode.

Entering download mode with short cut like from recovery/power menu will not apply bootloader even odin show flashing pass successfully.

This is optional if you are already running Lollipop ROM.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] agabey_42:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]

Thank you, THIS Is there an advantage
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] technologybaron:
I'm sorry Dr.Ketan whats diffrent old bootloader?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] ysuk9127:
Stable? Unstable?

Is it really stable? When I firstly flashed this rom, it was perfect, fast and clean. I used this for a week, and since a few days ago, my phone suddenly froze from time to time. So I just took off the battery from my phone and tried to reboot. However, it started to take sooooo long. Its symptom was kind of close to the bricked phone. Is this normal? I flashed the most recent rom the lollipop one.

For that reason, I decide to flash the rom once more. Here I have a question. Do I need to do factory reset when going from same rom? It took a while to restore my apps and data through Titanium...
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
Overheating happened to me as well several pages back. but no one seems to care. Something is weird in L21, same as [MENTION=4665802]ysuk9127[/MENTION] said, it was all great and fine at the beginning, but then it overheats like crazy.

I tried cleaning up my storage (both internal and external storage) for corrupt files, remove and reinsert SD card, reflashed L21, still overheats , cpu can go to 90c, and battery can go to 46c. So hot can't even touch my phone when it happened. It seems something is triggering the overheating, in [MENTION=5621463]Frozen27[/MENTION] 's case is by inserting headset, and in my case is triggered by using S view flip cover, which both are related to accessories. Just a hunch though.

Using battery monitor apps and CPU monitor apps, i found out android system is at the top of the list with 40% of battery usage. Which is unusually high for an idle device. Help please?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
If everything fine for couple of days and then started it that suggest something happened later that caused issue. If something on rom then likely it should appears immediately after flashing rom. Just some of you have reported can exchange what and how exactly it appeared or if certain thing trigger it then only can be fix. Without reproducing myself it's difficult to fix.

Try removing ext SD and use device and check does it solves. If not try clean Int SD too and see. Usually commonest cause is bad file and indexing /scanning cause it. Also turn off Media Scanner and freeze index service.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Frozen27:
sorry dr.ketan but what due you mean by bad file and how can i remove this bad file, i just need any help to avoid buying new phone

thanks for usual support and any advice may help to pass this problem
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Also everyone turn off ambient display from setting - display as that one is causing some issue too.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] mehr1369:
waiting for your latest bootloader ODIN flashable doc... thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Previous page
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Loverboy91:
Why don't you change your rom and stay out of this thread
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] ysuk9127:
Is it ok to flash rom without factory reset?

Is it really stable? When I firstly flashed this rom, it was perfect, fast and clean. I used this for a week, and since a few days ago, my phone suddenly froze from time to time. So I just took off the battery from my phone and tried to reboot. However, it started to take sooooo long. Its symptom was kind of close to the bricked phone. Is this normal? I flashed the most recent rom the lollipop one.

For that reason, I decide to flash the rom once more. Here I have a question. Do I need to do factory reset when going from same rom? It took a while to restore my apps and data through Titanium...
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] :
normally, if you do clean install - for sure it is stable.

if you install on top some themes... or other elements (not apps) - the ROM can become unstable... as any other ROM

for me it is stable since it is released... I installed with clean install.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] juange:
This rom is great and doc work to much on it. But it's normal some issues. I test from time to time. If don't feel ok. Back to stock and wait more testing from the great community. Never complaing the dev. My advice. If don't like. Back to stock and keep an eye on thread.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] mupel:
I have a suggestions for people who has problems on their phone after install L21

1. Make sure to factory reset your phone when you install the ROM, follow every step doc has given you on the L21 install page, every step is crucial, don't try to cheat it by dirty flash and not doing clean install.. And don't forget to use CWM instead of TWRP for recovery, I was one of the TWRP lover, but it looks like with TWRP there's so much error when using lollipop ROM with it..

2. After the ROM installed, don't restore your apps first.. Try using it for a couple of hours, is there any error, heat problem or lagging or whatsoever, find it! After you feel there's no error at all, you are good to restore your apps, by using Latest version of titanium backup, cause if you start from older Titanium backup, you might get problems.

3. After everything completed.. Try to use it for a week, and after Zero problem for a week, backup whole device and you can play with its kernel.. Sometimes changing kernel could break your device you know.. So just play safe, backup first.. So you always have one good backup for later usage..

Hope these helps you guys.. Thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
I'm still investigating what causes my overheating issue and noticed there are multiple Android System running in the background. Is this normal?

The 1st one took 42% of battery usage. I suspect that is what causing the battery drain. But i don't know why its using 42% of the battery, even when idle...
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] ysuk9127:
So if I reinstall a rom, in this case, it is literally going from same rom. From there, Do I really need to do the wipe? I mean factory reset.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] unisol107:
Have you enabled weather on sview window and lockscreen? If yes...disable it. Then go to Settings>Permission manager and under the location tab disable android system and google play services. Then go to location settings and enable Power Saving mode.

Hope it helps.

Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
Thanks, i've disabled it.

But the device temperature still higher than normal.

Normally my battery temp is around 30c during idle. but not it won't go lower than 35c. Something is going on in the background and i can't figure out what is eating my battery. Is it possible my battery is starting to wear out?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] :
If you do factory reset it will be same as reinstalling the ROM. But by installing it you can make sure you select the right elements in Aroma
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] unisol107:
Check in the battery stats if the device sleeps properly. If possible take a nandroid backup and clean reinstall only the rom without any tweak and check if the heating problem still persists.

Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] mehr1369:
thanks Dr ... can u tell how can we create this .tar.md5 file so I can create newer bootloader from official builds myself ? so I don't disturb you anymore ... sorry because I wand OC4 build too ... thanks
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] resitpolat:
L22 ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
You needs linux OS and some packages. Simple search on XDA how to make odin flashable tar will help you.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Frozen27:
This is my logcat can you please check https://mega.co.nz/#!qgpxTb7K!W01T7DhfWpJhHZicQf3RFd4S5nrCY7NHi4ySTfNQaXg
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Actually logcat can't help much for battery stuff. Better record battery statistics with better battery stat or similar and look for culprit draining battery. Also check if any audio player you have installed causing issue.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Frozen27:
I have this but i don't found this culprit

https://mega.co.nz/#!nlYGAYAI!PtQV115A-O8IwjrCJH_jWxsgIvcR7CIp7dgOosFIy90
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vishal.07:
What is the root cause of battery drain ?

Which app causes battery drain ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] rocketmail.com:
To me the causes of my battery drain/heating are ;

1)unified daemon - disable it.

2)index service - disable it.

I also off Media Scanner sometimes.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vishal.07:
Respected sir (Dr. Ketan)

And dear devs I'm sorry for my rude behaviour and I apologise for it :(

I will be legit through this xda site :)

I'm Sorry :/
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
No need sorry mate. but it will be obviously nice to work on constructive atmosphere for developer.

A developer(even Samsung) can't solve every issue on your device but certainly we all here can exchange ideas and our knowledge to make device better.

Goodluck.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] djmax81:
Is there any issue with old bootloader ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] manushyan:
Doctor Saheb, aap mahaan hai.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vishal.07:
Thank you sir we will try our best to make our device the best compared to all :)

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Use Xbooster app (available on playstore ) for better ram usage .

It cleans upto 1.3 GB of the ram every 20 minutes.

It's very handy and doesn't effect battery life at all :)

Good luck.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] unisol107:
Its very unwise to use memory cleaner on android...bcoz android itself manages memory quite efficiently. Better use Greenify.

Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
hello doc, after a week of testing and investigating, i found out my micro SD card is the culprit. I formatted it and took it off my device, and BAM! temperature goes normal again, no more battery drain issue whatsoever. L21 is as good as ever. 100% at 8 AM and now has 4% left on battery ( 9 PM now ). Thank you !

also thanks [MENTION=4510354]unisol107[/MENTION] for your tips :D

Eventhough my Micro SD card is now empty, re-inserting it still cause overheating. Does it mean my Micro SD card is dying? I've been using it for 1,5 yrs without any issue though ( SanDisk 32 GB Class 10 )

Maybe its true that N900 somehow 'eats' Micro SD cards.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Good. Usually heating related with bad file as I said. When indexing /scanning running it stuck to that file and cause heating.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
sooo hows L22?

hoping you include some S6 stuffs into L22 :p

like these stuffs

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-3/themes-apps/s6lockscreen-s6touchwiz56-t3071422

and maybe keyboards, properly working gallery, etc :p:p

You are like a N900 God lol, and we are mortals who wishes their god to create something we impossible to create .:silly:
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] unisol107:
Hey Doc...have you given thought to my suggestion/request of an AOSP styled lockscreen in which the Clock doesnt retract to a smaller state when incoming notifications arrive. I think S6 has such type of lockscreen.

If you get time and think of this feature...plz pay some attention.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Yet not checked any s6 stuff in detail. If you have systemui (deodexed) +framework-res and twframework-res then send me.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] technologybaron:
Hi dr.ketan how to add another lockscreen effect your roms?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Another? We have plenty of it what are missing? Though I don't know about any more.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dalco:
I'm facing strange issue Samsung earphones came with Note 3 mic is not working. This started from L20
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] adroidgalaxy:
So I'm loading up a note 3 I just got, had my heart on an AOSP rom then realized it wasn't compatible...

This is touchwiz based I assume from what I read.

Any one have any major issues? Would you suggest this as a Daily Driver?

I need to be sold lol it looks solid but I have spent all morning on researching the best rom then realized I have been limited sm-n900 processor.

Thanks

Sent from my Carbonized-i747 running 4.4.4 w/ leankernel + custom mods
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] APCOtech:
This ROM L22 is amazing , do not hesitate , no issues at all , with many tweaks make it powerful and perfect .

EDIT : L21 , There is no L22 yet , sorry for my mistake :D
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] belushi7:
Been on the L20 for about a month now. It was a great rom. You noticed the "was" right? I enjoyed it at first. It was fast and battery life was good too. No heating issues. All apps worked perfectly.

Then lately I noticed the slow down. Apps taking longer time to launch. Worsening battery life. The lag was really getting to me. I wanted to keep this lollipop but won't be that cost of performance. So last this weekend I reverted back to the good old and trusted K14. Now my phone is once again fast with great battery life.

I appreciate the work of Dr Ketan and will continue to give his work thumbs up. He is the best. May be a new lollipop base firmware in the future will give that reliable and consistent performance that we enjoy with the K14. But till then, I will stay off lollipop.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] adroidgalaxy:
is there a L22 release?:D

Alright well just flashed l21....

Fresh phone outta the box. I rooted, installed twrp, flashed this rom, and the loader (I was ok 4.4.2)

Phone boots up after a while (normal after first flash)

But when it loads up after about 10 min I just get systemui force close loop... Did flash, just did data reset still nothing... Am I missing something in the install like a certain box to be checked off?

Any help would be much appreciated,I want to get this running today

Update: going to try flash with out center clock... Even though I would like that.

I also made sure it was the _NEW .zip that I flashed so I wonder why I'm still getting this issue.

Sent from my Carbonized-i747 running 4.4.4 w/ leankernel + custom mods
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Use cwm recovery which recommended in instructions. Also flash Latest available bootloader (from instructions) if yours is older.

You can select any option available in aroma and should not cause fc.

Follow this

Reflash cwm

Reboot to recovery

Wipe data

Flash rom

Switch off instead of system boot

Reboot to download mode with three button combo (don't use any other direct option to reboot to download mode)

Flash bootloader.

Done
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] djmax81:
Can anyone explain whats issue about new Bootloader ??? Coz both thread talking about flashing INU_BL .think i missed something :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
I don't know what that is.. but i'll let you know if i find it
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Seems nothing. Someone asked for it and I have posted
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] psyntific:
Mate I dunno how you manage to face so many issues one after the other.. I think you'd rather go back to stock and enjoy without these issues. I don't think this rom suits your needs.. There are so many of us using it without the issues that you have mentioned so certainly you're not doing something right
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] psyntific:
I would not be able to as I don't face this issue n I don't think anyone else has reported it yet.. Best bet to revert to stock and check if this is a hardware issue... If not then continue using stock
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Aizenvalt:
That is most likely a bad usb charging cable
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] firefox1991:
yes, can be a bad cable, I have to change my 2.0 cable with other

pd:I have two charge
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] pandey.5309:
Lulzzzz
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] Baadshah555:
Awesome ROM, I'm really lovin' it..

The only issue I'm getting is Battery Issue.. Is there any fix for that.??
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] KennyG123:
Thread cleaned

Please do not respond any further to troll posts

Only report and make it easier to moderators to clean up

Issue has been dealt with

Thank you for your cooperation

Friendly Neighborhood Senior-Mod
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] APCOtech:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]

Just a Question off-topic plz .

I formatted my extSD into ext4 , and I can't read it in L21 , is it a bug in the rom or N900 does not recognize it ?

and would you plz tell me the best filesystem if I should format it again ?

Thanx
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Use ExFat

On Win7 it is available by default. If machine running old OS XP then you can find tool from my signature N7100-Toolbox
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] APCOtech:
Thanx a lot , You are great :D

BTW , I going to buy Note 4 today , I read that N910C (exynos) is better (64 bit) and I know you have a rom for it there , shall I get it ? or get the edge ? any advice ?

Thanx again for your great help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] pranshu.nijhawan:
Just wanted to share a Trick!

Disable "Auto adjust screen tone" option from the Display Setting.

It increases a little bit of Performance, some users reported that it really works

Thought to share! #Peace :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
I have rom for n910c /h though I don't have device. I have n910g and also have rom for that. Also working on n910f and rom for that also available in couple of days. For edge no plan for it any time soon.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] technologybaron:
Guys! Note 4 camera working smoothly.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3081022
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] djmax81:
Yes.!!! Its true but Exynos is not avilable in india sadly only Snapdragon for edge and note 4 too

Edited :which made me sell my SD note Edge but soon buy myself note n910c once travel
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] rajnish_1604@yahoo.com:
I install L21 on kitkat version. So i m getting so cool my handset. I use full day night without any problems. U can try this.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] note3freak:
One of the best ROMs ever !

It's been almost 7 hours of usage !

Awesome [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] !

Keep it up :D
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] jbarbat:
It's vishal?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] unisol107:
Deleted

Sent from my beloved Galaxy Note 3
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] kalintka:
I have chosen full screen caller on L21, how can i reverse to stock? Thank you [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Once again gentle reminder to all users of L21

Kindly turn off setting - Display - Ambient display

It is big culprit for some issue and moreover battery performance.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] agabey_42:
[MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]

my battery performance super. because indexservice uninstall. I would recommend it all anyone.

install please and remove indexservice, restart phone, very good battery performance.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jumobile.manager.systemapp
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] kalintka:
What is indexservice function agabey? I want to know before testing uninstall it
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
IndexService is basically good to organize file system on device BUT If you have any bad/corrupt file on your device then it will became big big culprit for battery performance and can cause heating device. Samsung needs to improve bit better. Now with bad file on system seems it stuck there.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] GraphixLemz:
just thought i would share this,

On the L21 with the Pekkaka Kernel with Previously given BootLoader.

Phone did get really HOT and unable to hold at times. (did the tips on the recent posts on that issue, will see how it turns out now)

well, after Flashing the New Bootloader given in the above links through Odin, it went rebooted to recovery by default.

rebbot the phone from there.

when i tried to restart the phone from the menu, it went to a Bottloop on the samsung Logo for a very long time.

Forced rebooted to recovery and restarted and now its booting fine through menu too.

One Question out of topic, is anyone else facing an issue where the phone gets really HOT while playing Clash of Clans????

to the extent that i use a laptop cooler to cool the phone while playing.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] xseaplus:
Guys, i am having a screen issue

When i open cover, my screen responds 5-6 seconds later, or when i press the home button, or power button... screen responds very late...

Not always but frequently...

Any issue like that?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] dr.ketan:
Have you turned off ambient display? If not, read my msg earlier today.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vattle1:
Hi Dr. How can I make viper4andriod work with my stock music app on my SM N900
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] nubitolz:
Dear doc,

I know you have mention previously about note 4 setting style for note 3, that the function is just the same. But I realy like the look of that secsetting.apk.

I've try a few of note 4 secsetting.apk that have been shared in the apps and theme for note 3. But none of them work now. It just make the touch screen useless and I can not swipe the lockscreen.

Previously I use one of them and it works when I'm still using L19.....

Don't you have any plan to do mod on the secsetting.apk doc? It would be awesome.... :)

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I think most of the people having heating issue when they are playing online games. Especialy when you are using mobile data. But when you are using wifi, I think it will be much better even though it will be the same heat the phone up. But the heating process will be much slower when you are using wifi connection :)
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] rajat_delhi:
Doc. Just one small issue. After receiving a call my ringer volume goes down to 10%. I have missed some calls due to this. I have cleared cache from recovery but it has not helped. Please help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vishalpandey:
You can reinstall the rom or wipe factory data reset maybe it can fix it because we didn't get this problem :)

Thank you
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] firefox1991:
this is a oftopic, any app on play store with can change selinux will deleted
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] guztiputra:
Waiting S6 for SM-N900 from [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION] ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Exynos Android Development] vattle1:
Hi... my video app don't shows my videos. What should I do? I'm on L21